Iraq – Iraqi Parliament Approves Election Law (Fox News)

Iraqi Parliament Approves Election Law (Fox News)
Iraqi lawmakers approveda law that clears the way for parliament elections early next year.

Officials defend Obama’s date to begin pullout (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama’s July 2011 date for beginning to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan is not a “drop-dead deadline” but a message to Kabul about the urgency of fielding an army to defend the country, senior U.S. officials said on Sunday.

Talks With Taliban Not Ruled Out, U.S. Officials Say (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. hasn t ruled out negotiations with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan to persuade them to end the insurgency, senior Obama administration officials said today.

Four police gunned down in Iraq market (Independent Online)
Assailants gunned down four policemen deployed to guard shoppers and vendors at a vegetable market on Baghdad’s outskirts.

Iraqi lawmakers approve law on upcoming parliamentary election (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday approved a law on seat distribution for the upcoming parliamentary election, an apparent end to a months-long impasse that threatened to delay the vote beyond the end of the current government’s mandate.

Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi policemen at checkpoint (AP via Yahoo! News)
Gunmen killed four Iraqi policemen at a checkpoint west of Baghdad in an early morning attack Sunday, police officials said.

Get set for surge in bloody battles (MalaysiaNews.net)
END: Module – M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) –> BEGIN: Module – Main Article –> Jan Mohammad, a bus driver on Highway One, the notoriously dangerous Kabul-to-Kandahar roa…

Iraqi national movement (Aljazeera)
Iyad Allawi , the former interim prime minister and Saleh al-Mutlaq, an Iraqi politician recently announced the creation of a cross-sectarian alliance called “The Iraqi National Movement” which will compete in Iraq’s upcoming general election in January next year.

America’s sudoku wars | Simon Tisdall (MalaysiaNews.net)
Adolph Dubs , America’s former ambassador to Kabul, who was kidnapped by Islamists in 1979. After a brief hostage siege, Dubs was shot and killed.As the US discovered in Iraq, it’s easier to get into …

Iraqi official: deal reached on election (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iraqi leaders reached agreement Sunday to clear the way for parliament elections early next year that are seen as an important step toward political reconciliation and easing the withdrawal of U.S. troops, an official said.

How to develop Afghan leaders? (Washington Post)
Michael Maccoby is an anthropologist and psychoanalyst globally recognized as an expert on leadership. He is the author of “The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow.”

Petraeus says Obama told him Iraq surge was a success (The Hill)
Gen. David Petraeus said that President Barack Obama acknowledged that the troop surge in the Iraq war was a success. Read more…

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